Mike Ege

Assemblyman Matt Haney (D-San Francisco), along with local lawmakers and activists, announced the introduction of a new version of a bill to allow state funding for recovery housing on Monday. Mayor Daniel Lurie, Supervisor Matt Dorsey, and former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf joined members of the Salvation Army, drug policy advocates, and people in recovery […]

At a crowded West Portal news conference, former supervisor, state senator, and Judge Quentin Kopp blasted District 4 supervisorial candidate Natalie Gee for accepting the endorsement of Lucas Lux. Lux led the campaign to close the Great Highway in favor of a beachfront park, the Sunset Dunes. Gee is running in the June 2 special […]

This week San Francisco City Hall hosts a busy week with an ample docket of policy challenges as the Board of Supervisors begin their formal review of the city budget on Wednesday. But before that, they have another opportunity to vote on a bill to fund drug-free supportive housing and create a reward fund to […]

The San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association (SFDSA) is calling for the resignation of Sheriff’s Oversight Board president William Palmer, after recent reports of criminal charges for sexual assault and abuse, his social media accounts revealed posts that repeated antisemitic conspiracy theories, and a possible attempt to leverage his status as an Oversight Board member when […]

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced preliminary results from San Francisco’s 2026 Point-in-Time homelessness count, presenting it as proof that the city’s homelessness and drug use policies are making measurable progress. In his speech at Hope House, a sober homeless shelter and recovery-focused transitional housing program run by the Salvation Army that opened in 2025 […]

This week is super busy at City Hall, with business ranging from the future of Free City College to a hearing on a dormant animal-safety program. And when it comes to smoking bans, don’t count out a last- minute change of mind. On Monday the Civil Service Commission reviews Mayor Daniel Lurie’s renewal of a […]

Jack Davis, a controversial bare-knuckle political campaigner whose work was instrumental in the election of three San Francisco mayors – Frank Jordan, Willie Brown, and Gavin Newsom, and helped define a era in local politics, passed away in San Francisco last Friday. He turned 79 on May 1. Originally from Tamaqua, a mining town in […]

San Francisco leaders have unveiled a new affordable housing proposal they plan to place before voters this November, seeking to expand the city’s Housing Trust Fund to over $3 billion over the next three decades while simultaneously easing some development requirements that officials say have stalled new housing construction. The question is will it work, […]

The Memorial Day weekend makes this week at City Hall a short one, and while many meetings, including the full board, have been canceled, things are still going on, including the scuttling of a controversial nonprofit contract, the future of Free City College, the city’s newest affordable housing initiative, and a summit for small businesses. […]

This week, the highlights at City Hall all seem to have been frontloaded to Monday, as Mayor Daniel Lurie presents the city’s $16 billion budget, and supervisors’ committees mull significant public safety policy choices. Lurie’s $16 billion spending plan aims to nip a $607 million deficit in the bud through more cuts that will be […]